Monday 28 October

How it was decided

1. 01

   Aṅga

   Pratipadā runs from 18:15 on Sun 27 Oct to 19:39 on Mon 28 Oct.

   1935-10-27T10:15:22Z → 1935-10-28T11:39:27Z

2. 02

   Kāla

   Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:25–19:11 on the 27th, 17:24–19:10 on the 28th.

   pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

3. 03

   Rule

   Pratipadā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 56 of 106 minutes on the 27th and 106 of 106 on the 28th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

4. 04

   Tie-break

   Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1762 s

5. 05

   Ruling

   Bali Pūjā, Baoding, 1935: Monday 28 October.

   confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bali Pūjā 1935 falls on Monday 28 October. Pratipadā runs from 18:15 on Sun 27 Oct to 19:39 on Mon 28 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 56 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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